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CRAIN’S CUSTOM CONTENT MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN LAWYERS IN CHICAGO elcome to the inaugural edition of The Most Infl uential Every one of the profi les in this section is drawn from the Women Lawyers in Chicago, a special custom content nomination materials submitted, and no lawyer paid to be Wsection from Crain’s Custom Media. featured. But because this honor is bestowed only upon lawyers for whom nominations were submitted, this year’s list is The 60 women featured alphabetically in these pages represent not comprehensive. an impressive cross-section of the Chicago-area legal community. Many of them have practiced with distinction for decades, while We trust that as this Most Infl uential list becomes a new tradition others are on-the-rise attorneys making their mark. in the Chicago legal community, the pool of potential honorees will continue to grow. Meanwhile, enjoy reading about the Some have helped set new legal precedents at the U.S. Supreme achievements of what is a truly impressive fi rst class, and please Court while others have developed winning legal theories that join us in congratulating them. Marcy Kott Zora Ristanovic have become standard in state and federal courts. All make it a point to mentor other women lawyers and to give back to their CUSTOM MEDIA community in myriad ways. CRAIN’S A DIVISION OF CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS

We Proudly Congratulate Our Partners, Marcy Kott and Zora Ristanovic, Recipients of Chicago’s Most Influential Women Lawyers 2017. More than half of the attorneys in Congratulations to all of the our firm are women. Like Marcy and Zora, 2017 Most Influential Women they all share a passion for excellence. Lawyers in Chicago. Baker McKenzie is proud to have Christina Conlin, Maura Ann McBreen and Olivia Tyrrell among this year’s distinguished honorees.

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KATHRYN KOVITZ ARNOLD NICOLE NEHAMA AUERBACH ELLEN M. BABBITT REBECCA WEINSTEIN BACON Partner; Chair - Real Estate Practice Founding Partner Partner; Leader - Higher Education Partner Group and Condominium Practice Group Valorem Law Group Practice Bartlit Beck Taft Stettinius & Hollister Franczek Radelet Kathryn Kovitz Arnold After concluding In 1998, Ellen Babbitt Rebecca Weinstein chairs the real estate that the billable hour founded a law firm Bacon has had a practice at Taft model for pricing devoted to higher hand in trying some Stettinius & Hollister. legal services needed education. At that of the country’s most She also heads the to change, Nicole time, few women groundbreaking firm’s condominium Nehama Auerbach founded law firms— civil cases in the practice. Her wide- helped form Valorem and even fewer last few years. She ranging real estate practice covers real Law Group in 2008 to give clients an lawyers recognized higher education led the team in Carrera v. Bayer Corp., estate development, commercial and alternative. Valorem went from being law was emerging as a unique national which set forth the 3rd Circuit’s law on residential condominium development one of the few firms created to provide field of practice. Since then, Babbitt and ascertainability. She argued the appeal and conversion, mixed-use projects, alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) for her team have devoted themselves to before the 3rd Circuit that was decided in restaurants, leasing, mixed-use high-rise commercial litigation, to being named the needs of colleges and universities, favor of her client, Bayer. This case led to development, vertical subdivisions and one of the 22 Firms Best at Delivering merging their firm in 2011 with Franczek a split in the Circuits that may go to the separations, and commercial financing. AFAs by BTI Consulting in 2017 (along Radelet. Institutions consult with her on Supreme Court. It changed the face of A recent focus has been condominium with such powerhouse firms as Kirkland sensitive board, leadership, faculty and small claims class action cases. In 2014, de-conversions. Arnold has been lead & Ellis, Morgan Lewis and Seyfarth student issues. She is also a leading she tried a consumer fraud case, In re: counsel on several large projects which Shaw). Auerbach is a frequent speaker author and commentator on program Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer de-converted, including the acquisition and writer on topics related to AFAs, reduction, program closure and Products Liability Litigation, a bellwether of all condominium units in Bel Harbour, innovation and the impact of the billable financial exigency. Most of her practice consumer class action related to plaintiffs’ a 30-story, 207-unit residential high- hour on women and minorities. In involves confidential counseling and risk claims of design defects and breach of rise overlooking Belmont Harbor in the addition to her role as a thought leader management in sensitive situations, so implied warranty. After an almost month- Lakeview neighborhood, by Strategic on AFAs, Auerbach has had a notable her success is often measured by what long trial, the jury deliberated less than Properties of North America for $51.5 year representing clients. In April, she does not make its way into the courts or two hours before returning a complete million. She also led the acquisition obtained a $13.4 million verdict in federal media. But recently, several institutions defense verdict. Bacon also serves as of Clark Place condominium tower in court against the City of Chicago and six have consulted with her to address lead trial counsel in national products Lincoln Park by Strategic Properties for Chicago police officers for violating the presidential issues, by an institution liability cases. Most recently, she was $35 million, and the de-conversion to civil rights of a client (Patrick v. City of seeking a merger partner, and by multiple chosen by Bayer to try the first Mirena apartments. She has worked on projects Chicago, et al.). She is also the co-founder institutions seriously impacted by the bellwether trial, Kellington v. Bayer. The for such iconic Chicago properties as and current national board chair of the Illinois budget crisis. Earlier this year, plaintiff dismissed the case just before the the John Hancock Center and River Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law. she joined the board of trustees of the summary judgment hearing. City private residences. She is active Associated Colleges of Illinois, which in Commercial Real Estate Executive funds scholarships for first-generation, Women of Chicago, a group dedicated low-income and disadvantaged students. to advancing the power and success of women in commercial real estate.

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Robert a. clifford & Clifford law offices ARE PROUD OF THE WOMEN AT THE FIRM WHO Susan Capra Shannon M. McNulty Sarah F. King HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED Hard work and Susan Capra Shannon has established herself is a leader in the area of medical go hand in hand. As a partner as a dynamic and hard-working malpractice where she has AS AMONG at the firm since 2000, Susan lawyer, particularly in the area achieved numerous multi-million has worked exclusively on of consumer fraud. As a partner dollar results. She also works medical malpractice cases. at the firm, she is working on with Women Everywhere: CRAIN’S CUSTOM MEDIA’S She began her professional numerous matters from talcum Partners in Service helping career as a registered nurse, powder causing ovarian cancer underprivileged women and MOST INFLUENTIAL working in the operating to defectively designed windows children throughout Chicago room. She furthered her career that prematurely rot. Prior to as well as the Women’s Caucus WOMEN LAWYERS as a lawyer where she is Clifford Law Offices, Shannon of the Illinois Trial Lawyers recognized in Illinois as among worked for 10 years in adminis- Association to promote the the best in working up these tration with the Chicago Police development and leadership complex cases. Department. of women trial attorneys.

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We Proudly Congratulate Our Partners, Marcy Kott and Zora Ristanovic, Recipients of Chicago’s Most Influential Women Lawyers 2017. More than half of the attorneys in our firm are women. Like Marcy and Zora, they all share a passion for excellence.

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We congratulate partners SHERI WARSH SHERI’S LAUREN’S and LAUREN WOLVEN of Levenfeld Pearlstein’s IMPACT IMPACT Married Trusts & Estates Group on being named among Michael Graduated from Warsh University of Chicago’s Most Influential Women Lawyers. Their and Illinois Law School passed influence on the businesses and personal lives of Illinois MAY bar exam SEPT Chicago families is undeniable. 1989 1989 But it’s not just about their influence. Became mom to APR Joseph Warsh 1993 It’s about their impact. Raised more than MAY $250,000 as 1995 SHERI and LAUREN have positively impacted Co-Chair of the Wish the lives of many people over the years, from their Ball for Make- own families to those helped by the charitable A-Wish Became Illinois AUG mom to causes they support. That type of impact is Alissa 1995 Warsh rare – and it’s what matters most. LP is proud to Began working with PADS recognize Sheri’s and Lauren’s achievements in Lake County to provide 1998 meals for the homeless every facet of their lives. Became mom to SEPT Zachary Warsh 1998 Joined Auction Chair for the Heart Ball, Levenfeld American Heart Association, Pearlstein Greater Midwest Aliate Graduated from University Joined Board of Directors MAY Joined Shedd Aquarium Planned of Illinois of Snow City Arts 1999 Giving Advisory Committee College of Law Received Distinguished Service Award from Served on Advisory Married Brad Wolven and Illinois Institute for OCT 2009 FEB Council, Gannon passed Illinois bar exam Continuing Education AUG 2008 Center for Women 1999 2009 JAN and Leadership at 2008 Loyola University Volunteered at Greater Chicago Food Depository with her 2012 2007 oldest son, Joey JUN Began helping care for her 2012 grandmother who lived to 102 AUG NOV 2000 2005 APR Became Chair to the JUN Raised money for 2003 Levenfeld Pearlstein Became mom 2014 Ronald McDonald Became mom to Women’s Initiative Hailey Wolven to Danielle OCT House through Wolven 2014 charity 5K Joined JAN Levenfeld 2015 Pearlstein

FEB Coached 2015 Danielle Wolven to 1st Place Speech Award Joined Make- A-Wish AUG Illinois 2015 Board of Directors SEPT Passed Florida Bar Exam 2016 Diagnosed with OCT Rheumatoid 2016 Arthritis and became active Named to CHICAGO’S with Arthritis MOST INFLUENTIAL Foundation MAR Became ACTEC WOMEN LAWYERS 2017 State Chair Elect 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1300 Named to CHICAGO’S Chicago, IL 60602 | 312.346.8380 JUL MOST INFLUENTIAL 2017 WOMEN LAWYERS www.lplegal.com CRAIN’S CUSTOM CONTENT MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN LAWYERS IN CHICAGO

LAUREL G. BELLOWS CATHY BIRKELAND MARY CLARE BONACCORSI LAURA CALDWELL Managing Principal Managing Partner - Chicago Office Managing Partner - Chicago Office; Founding Director The Bellows Law Group Latham & Watkins Life After Innocence Chair - Healthcare Litigation ANNIVERSARY Polsinelli Laurel Bellows is a A first-rate capital Mary Clare Laura Caldwell is a preeminent business markets lawyer, Bonaccorsi is a highly professor at Loyola lawyer, counseling Cathy Birkeland accomplished litigator University Chicago senior executives represents well- serving clients in the School of Law and 2000 ATTORNEYS | 38 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE ˚ and corporations known Chicago-based healthcare and life founding director of on employment, companies Hyatt sciences industries. Life After Innocence. severance and Hotels Corp., Ventas This year, she was This year, Caldwell change in control agreements, internal Inc., TransUnion, InvenTrust Properties named managing partner of Polsinelli’s co-edited the anthology Anatomy of investigations, and business disputes. Corp., Stepan Co., Highlands REIT Inc., Chicago office, one of firm’s largest. Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully She works to assure fair contracts and Outcome Health, Envoy Global Inc. and Bonaccorsi serves clients as a strategic Convicted (Liveright). The book tells the compensation for employees regardless various Pritzker family business interests. advisor supporting general counsels, true stories of over a dozen innocent of gender, race or age. She provides Birkeland has particular expertise in initial CEOs, compliance officers and boards men and women who were convicted employers with the tools to incent public offerings. She has advised the of directors. She has successfully of serious crimes before miraculously Greenberg Traurig proudly congratulates employees to work productively in an IPOs of Chicago-based Hyatt, TransUnion, handled several recent high-profile being exonerated. Each “exoneree” is environment that prioritizes diverse Orbitz Inc. and Click Commerce. She cases, including as lead defense counsel paired with a high-profile mystery writer perspectives. As past president of the also has been underwriters’ counsel for for BioScrip Inc. in U.S. ex Rel. Kester v. (including Sara Paretsky and Lee Child) its colleague Martha Sabol American Bar Association, Bellows has Blackstone Group portfolio companies’ Novartis et al. She achieved a favorable to present the tragedy of wrongful worked to develop and implement a IPOs and follow-on equity offerings, settlement of all claims brought against convictions like never before. Book national awareness campaign on human including SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. In the specialty pharmacy in the amount of proceeds go to Life After Innocence, on being named one of the slavery to assure that the United States 2016, Birkeland was engaged by Ventas, a $15 million, with no admission of liability which helps exonerees begin their works to eradicate sex slavery and forced leading REIT, as primary outside counsel and no corporate integrity agreement, lives again and reclaim their rights as labor in our country. As past president of for capital markets and securities law where a similarly situated specialty citizens. At the law clinic, Caldwell and Most Infl uential Women Lawyers the Chicago Bar Association, she founded matters. Over the past six months, she pharmacy settled for $60 million and a her students aid men and women who the Alliance for Women to combat unfair has led the Latham teams representing manufacturer defendant settled for $390 have been exonerated of crimes by filing practices faced by women lawyers. Ventas in nearly $3 billion of securities million. She led the negotiations on behalf state monetary settlements, working to in Chicago. Bellows received the ABA’s prestigious offerings and bank financings. In May, of her client, a publicly traded healthcare clear records and pursuing legislation Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Birkeland led Hyatt in the sale of common company, with the United States attorney that provides support and services. This Achievement award for her advocacy stock by investment funds affiliated for the Southern District of New York and past year Caldwell also led the legal team and work as a change agent to advance with The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the 35 state Medicaid programs. The high- that got the record of exoneree James Thank you for your peerless leadership, inspiration, and gender equality. She currently leads the first registered equity offering since the profile case was widely covered by the Kluppelberg cleared and expunged. MARTHA A. SABOL Power of the Purse initiative developed company’s 2009 IPO. For over a decade, press, including The New York Times and Kluppelberg spent nearly 25 years in commitment to paving the way for fellow women lawyers to encourage law firms to require gender Hyatt has relied on Birkeland as primary The Wall Street Journal. prison for arson murders that he did Co-Chair, Gaming Practice; and racial equality of compensation outside corporate counsel for capital not commit. Co-Chair, GT Women’s Initiative in Chicago and across the country. and opportunity. markets, securities law and corporate governance matters.

Greenberg Traurig is committed to its women lawyers’ success, which includes a ﬁ rm wide women’s a nity group encompassing recruiting, retention, and business development. The ﬁ rm regularly collaborates with like-minded organizations to address these issues on a broader scale in a variety of industries and communities. Greenberg Traurig also takes thoughtful action to address issues such as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, breaking the glass ceiling, Leading By Example mentoring, healthy living, and giving back to the community.

Congratulations to our partners Terri Mascherin and Cathy Steege on their well-deserved recognition as two of the “Most Inﬂ uential Women Lawyers.”

They continually demonstrate Jenner & Block’s enduring commitment to our core values: excellence, diversity and inclusion, and pro bono and public service.

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Greenberg Traurig proudly congratulates its colleague Martha Sabol on being named one of the Most Inﬂ uential Women Lawyers in Chicago.

Thank you for your peerless leadership, inspiration, and MARTHA A. SABOL commitment to paving the way for fellow women lawyers Co-Chair, Gaming Practice; Co-Chair, GT Women’s Initiative in Chicago and across the country.

Greenberg Traurig is committed to its women lawyers’ success, which includes a ﬁ rm wide women’s a nity group encompassing recruiting, retention, and business development. The ﬁ rm regularly collaborates with like-minded organizations to address these issues on a broader scale in a variety of industries and communities. Greenberg Traurig also takes thoughtful action to address issues such as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, breaking the glass ceiling, mentoring, healthy living, and giving back to the community.

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SUSAN CAPRA CHRISTINA CONLIN FAYE FEINSTEIN TACY FLINT Partner Counsel Chair - Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Partner Clifford Law Offi ces Baker McKenzie Creditor’s Rights Group, Chicago offi ce Sidley Austin Quarles & Brady A registered nurse Christina Conlin, Faye Feinstein has Tacy Flint is a member with years of hospital counsel in Baker served the Chicago of Sidley’s national experience, Susan McKenzie’s North legal community Supreme Court and Capra is now known America international for more than 30 appellate practice, for excellence in and commercial years. In the past and clerked under medical malpractice practice, is well-versed 18 months, she has Justice Stephen law. She has achieved in the challenges facing achieved several Breyer and 7th Circuit several multimillion-dollar verdicts and multinational corporations as they expand successful outcomes for her clients, Judge Richard Posner. In recent months, settlements handling primarily cases domestically and across borders. With including winning a bankruptcy Flint has briefed and argued major involving obstetrical, gynecologic and nearly 20 years’ experience representing appeal in Delaware federal district cases before federal and state courts pediatric negligence. For example, she business leaders from some of the world’s court establishing that the Illinois state at all levels. She has represented clients helped obtain a $4.3 million settlement largest food and hospitality companies, insurance company rehabilitation attempting to vindicate their constitutional on behalf of a mother’s fi rst-born infant Conlin provides unique insights to clients statute is not preempted by federal rights to education, clients seeking to girl who suffered brain damage due to as they navigate an increasingly complex bankruptcy law, thereby protecting the avoid massive claims of healthcare and negligent management of her labor and maze of global regulatory compliance. tax attributes of an insurance company securities fraud, as well as contract and delivery. She helped obtain an $11 million She joined Baker McKenzie in 2016 from a in rehabilitation from dissipation by a antitrust liability. With her extensive settlement in another medical negligence senior in-house position at McDonald’s, and Chapter 11 debtor, and preserving the record in the U.S. Supreme Court, the We applaud our partner case of a hospital’s pharmacy that mixed now focuses her practice on domestic and tax attributes for the benefi t of policy Illinois Supreme Court, and lower courts an intravenous solution with excessive international corporate matters, providing holders. In past years, she also has served across the country, Flint has had a major amounts of glucose, which was given to a counsel with respect to distribution and as a federal-court-appointed receiver infl uence in Chicago’s legal community. premature newborn who then sustained franchising. She advises leading grocery in an SEC enforcement action involving She is also active in litigation supporting brain damage. Capra also worked to help stores, distributors and franchisors on six insolvent alternative investment fairness in legislative redistricting. Flint the fi rm obtain a $5.8 million settlement global expansions and cross-border funds that collected over $100 million of has fi led amicus briefs in the U.S. and on behalf of another mother whose transactions. She also handles domestic investor money before the receivership. Illinois Supreme Courts supporting infant suffered brain damage due to transactional matters, advising on franchise As former chair of the bankruptcies and efforts to reform Illinois’ process for negligent obstetrical treatment rendered disputes and enterprise risk management. reorganizations committee, chair of the drawing legislative district lines. Her brief at a Chicago hospital. Most recently, she Conlin recently advised a high-end retailer education committee, secretary, and vice in the U.S. Supreme Court, on behalf obtained a $1.7 million settlement for a on its expansion into Asia and the Middle chair of the Chicago Bar Association, of former Gov. Jim Edgar as well as man injured by negligent bowel surgery East, and negotiated license agreements Feinstein has demonstrated dedication other public offi cials and public interest and post-operative care. Last year alone, for the expansion into those markets, to leadership and mentorship in the groups supporting fairness in elections, BETH the cases she worked on settled or helping the client pursue accelerated legal community. She also has received helped spur a ruling that independent resulted in verdicts for more than growth in those regions. She also recently the Star Mentor award for exceptional redistricting commissions are permissible $15 million. advised a major hotel company on a large mentoring of associates from Quarles & under the U.S. Constitution. franchisee’s refi nancing of 100 hotels, Brady, and is former chair of the National protecting the client’s interest. Professional Women’s Networking Group. HERRINGTON for being named a Most Influential Women Lawyer by CRAIN’S CUSTOM MEDIA

AMY M. GIBSON MARGARET A. GIBSON MARY VIDAL HAYS ANNE GERAGHTY HELMS Member Partner Member Director and cousel - US pro bono programs Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa Kirkland & Ellis Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa DLA Piper

Amy Gibson started Meg Gibson Mary Vidal Hays As director and at Aronberg Goldgehn concentrates her focuses her practice counsel for U.S. pro in 2006 as a summer practice on business on estate planning and bono programs at DLA intern. She now transactions and intellectual property Piper, Anne Geraghty co-chairs the firm’s counseling, with a law. In her estate- Helms is responsible commercial litigation focus on private planning practice, she for ensuring the firm’s practice group. Her equity/M&A and represents individuals lawyers give back to rapid rise is a testament to her legal private fund formations. As one of very as well as married and domestic couples. the community through meaningful pro acumen and to the confidence she has few women dealmakers nationwide in She is highly skilled at administering bono service. Her responsibilities involve earned from colleagues and clients. the traditionally male-dominated world of trusts and estates, preparing estate development of large- and small-scale Gibson has been instrumental in growing private equity, she is a regular speaker on and gift tax returns, handling estate projects, understanding legal needs of the the firm’s labor and employment practice. private equity and M&A matters, in 2016 and gift tax audits, and structuring community, and offering opportunities She focuses on complex commercial giving a keynote address at the University sales to defective grantor trusts. She for in-house lawyers of client businesses litigation, including claims involving of Michigan Ross School of Management is experienced in establishing and to engage in pro bono as well. She shareholder disputes, fraud, consumer Women Who Fund Forum. Gibson managing family limited partnerships and also makes time to represent pro bono fraud, breach of contract and real estate. handles work ranging from forming private foundations for high-net-worth clients herself. As a result, lawyers in She also defends employers in litigation buyout funds to complex mergers, clients. Hays regularly prepares, files and DLA Piper’s Chicago office last year and administrative proceedings involving acquisitions and dispositions. Her recent prosecutes trademark applications with contributed more than 20,000 hours to claims by employees for discrimination, work includes leading a Kirkland team the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office serving individuals and organizations that retaliation, violation of state and federal on the formation of Prairie Capital VI, the and under the Madrid Protocol. She is would not otherwise have been able to wage and hour laws, and worker $350 million sixth fund of Chicago-based a licensed certified public accountant afford a lawyer. A recent highlight is her misclassification. She recently completed Prairie Capital, a leading source of private who previously worked as a CPA in development of the Rolling Meadows a guide to new city and county paid sick equity for the acquisition of family- and the tax department of a large Chicago Domestic Violence Help Desk. Working leave rules: “Is Your Business Prepared to entrepreneur-owned businesses. She accounting firm. She has always with lawyers from three firm clients Comply with the Cook County and City also led the representation of Ridgemont worked with domestic couples in her (Discover Financial Services, Allstate of Chicago Paid Sick Leave Ordinances Equity Partners in its acquisition and practice. Before same-sex couples could and Illinois Tool Works) as well as two That Become Effective July 1, 2017?” related financing of Worldwide Express, marry in Illinois, she prepared property nonprofit organizations (LAF and Between For the last three years, Amy has been Fusion Logistics and Unishippers Global agreements, wills, trusts and powers of Friends), Helms developed a new pro recognized as an Emerging Lawyer in Logistics to form Worldwide Express attorney for healthcare and property for bono initiative to serve domestic violence Commercial Litigation by Illinois Leading Global Logistics. The combination these clients. After same-sex marriage survivors in suburban Chicago who Lawyers, and for 2010 through 2017 as a created the largest U.S. non-asset-based became law in Illinois, she started working otherwise would have to navigate the Rising Star in Business Litigation by Illinois third-party logistics provider of parcel on prenuptial agreements for her gay and process of obtaining a protective order on Super Lawyers. and freight services to the small- and lesbian clients, to whom she continues to their own. medium-sized business segment. be a trusted counselor.

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HOELTING KAPLAN Partner; Leader - Chicago Litigation Partner Member; Chair - Federal Government Member Practice Dechert Contracting and Procurement Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa Morgan, Lewis & Bockius McDonald Hopkins When East Coast- Joni Jacobsen defends Michelle Kantor is Kari Hoelting Kaplan based, 1,800-lawyer publicly traded known nationwide concentrates on Morgan, Lewis & companies and their for her expertise corporate transactional Bockius was looking directors and offi cers in certifi cation and matters, including to build its Chicago when they become compliance for mergers, acquisitions offi ce in 2015, it wooed entangled in securities women’s business and divestitures; a hotshot litigator class actions, enterprises, minority entity formation and from another legal giant, Chicago-based derivative litigation, SEC investigations, business enterprises, disadvantaged governance matters; private debt and McDermott Will & Emery. Today, that and corporate governance disputes. She business enterprises and service disabled equity offerings; and contractual and Chicago offi ce is 65 lawyers strong, succeeds in having most of her cases veteran-owned businesses. Prominent general business matters. Kaplan has and that hotshot, Beth Herrington, leads dismissed, thereby reducing her clients’ women and minority business owners represented: a laser manufacturing the Chicago litigation department. She discomfort and saving millions of dollars and other law fi rms regularly call on her to company in the sale of assets; a is a recognized player in the world of for clients and insurance carriers alike. In provide advice on certifi cations, appeals, transportation entity in a major internal complex commercial and class action the minority of cases that survive through compliance and proposed de-certifi cations. reorganization and joint venture; litigation. Herrington also serves as to motion practice, she takes a strategic She works with large business contractors, private equity fi rms in acquisitions and president of the prestigious 7th Circuit approach in opposing motions for class consulting and assisting them with their divestitures, portfolio management and Bar Association in Chicago, one of a certifi cation or bringing motions for compliance to ensure the greatest amount fi nancing rounds; startup entities in all few women to serve in that role. She summary judgment to achieve the best of diversity participation in private and aspects of business, including entity is currently lead counsel representing possible resolution for her clients. She public contracting. She also volunteers selection and formation, preparation technology and telecommunications is currently a lecturer at the University and serves as general counsel to the of governance documents and form company Securus Technologies Inc. in of Chicago Law School, her alma mater, Federation of Women Contractors, helping agreements, and debt and equity a nationwide class action set for jury where she teaches a seminar in strategic the organization further its mission of offerings; a private electrical components trial in Arkansas. She was brought in by considerations in securities litigation. advocating for women-owned businesses company in the sale of certain intellectual and women executives in the construction the client as lead counsel after the class She and the Dechert team won a widely property assets; healthcare clients in industry. In addition, she volunteers as pro was certifi ed. Plaintiffs allege Securus lauded district court dismissal in 2009 the sale of their practices; and clients in bono legal counsel for the Elite Service- wrongfully obtained exclusive contracts to (subsequently affi rmed by the 9th Circuit) corporate divorce/shareholder dispute Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Network provide inmate calling services to inmates when representing Martha Stewart Living matters. She has been recognized as an of Illinois, and sits on the Chicago Women’s at correctional facilities throughout the Omnimedia, Priceline.com, TheStreet.com, Emerging Lawyer in Closely and Privately Business Development Center Advisory United States in exchange for payments and 27 other public companies Held Business Law by Illinois Leading Committee. In 2013, Kantor received to the facilities. The case involves in the insider trading-related In re Lawyers and a Rising Star by Illinois the Lifetime Advocate Award from the signifi cant legal and regulatory issues, Section 16(b) litigation. She also has Super Lawyers. She also chairs the Federation of Women Contractors for as well as signifi cant alleged damages, represented numerous senior executives mentorship subcommittee of the fi rm’s her work in promoting, counseling and in a wide range of securities and women’s initiative. and will be watched closely by the advocating for women-, minority- and derivative litigation. telecommunications industry. veteran-owned small businesses.

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JENNIFER KENEDY SARAH F. KING MARCELLE R. KOTT ANDREA KRAMER Managing Partner - Chicago Office; Member Associate Principal Partner; Co-Chair - Gender Diversity - Board of Directors; Deputy General Counsel Clifford Law Offices Berger Schatz Committee Locke Lord McDermott Will & Emery Last year, Jennifer Sarah F. King As a partner and Andrea Kramer heads Kenedy obtained a investigates and principal at Berger McDermott Will & favorable settlement prepares complex Schatz, a firm Emery’s financial for her client in the medical malpractice specializing in products, trading and Lac Mégantic train cases. For example, matrimonial and family derivatives group. derailment cases by she recently worked law cases involving Her multidisciplinary using an innovative a trial with partner high-net-worth legal practice covers approach that marked the first time Bradley Cosgrove involving the negligent clients, Marcy Kott’s practice places her all aspects of financial transactions the bankruptcy process was used to prescription of Yasmin that gained at the epicenter of some of Chicago’s and derivatives, focusing on taxation, settle catastrophic wrongful death, international attention. A 37-year-old biggest yet least-acknowledged business regulation, contract design, trading environmental and property claims. woman took the medication for less than deals: its divorces, which regularly operations and documentation. She Serving as lead trial counsel, Kenedy two weeks and suffered a debilitating involve multimillion-dollar disputes and helps clients resolve difficult legal and her team resolved on behalf of her stroke. The jury awarded her $13.5 million negotiations. But Kott’s ascent to a situations, including federal and client, a rail car manufacturer: a class in March 2014. King also tried a case leading, corner-office role in the high- state regulatory matters, adversarial action in Canada, dozens of wrongful alongside partner Keith Hebeisen, leader stakes, and male-dominated world of proceedings, and tax planning and death actions filed in Cook County, and of the Clifford medical malpractice team, Chicago divorce comes from not letting compliance issues. Her recent focus cross-border bankruptcies in the United in November 2013 that involved the herself get caught up in the emotional has been on federal administrative and States and Canada stemming from the wrongful death of a 33-year-old mother jockeying and public grandstanding. legislative counseling; financial risk 2013 train derailment in Quebec. The who sustained a massive hemorrhage Instead, Kott uses intellect, business management and hedging procedures; claim was a $2 billion exposure, including during a C-section. Following a three- acumen and a sharp sense of humor international dispute resolution; environmental damage, wrongful death, week trial, the jury returned a verdict to gain quiet victories for her clients. proprietary trading policies, codes of property damage, etc., and the settlement of $15.5 million for the family. King has She was also among the pioneers in conduct and controls; tax compliance encompassed all parties’ exposure been involved in the Women Everywhere: introducing alternative dispute resolution and controversy; and insurance product in all capacities. Kenedy received the Partners in Service project, which helps and mediation to Chicago matrimonial designs. Kramer recently has advised Best Lawyers 2017 Women of Influence women and children throughout Chicago. law, seeking innovative ways to reduce clients on compliance with the Dodd- award, as well as the National Diversity She also teaches a course on medical the sometimes enormous financial as well Frank rules that apply to swap dealers, Council’s Leadership Excellence in the malpractice at DePaul University College as emotional costs of divorce litigation. major swap participants, commercial Law award in 2014. In 2012, she received of Law, and was named a 2017 Volunteer With over 14 years of experience in end users and financial end users. An the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois of the Year by the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ matrimonial law, Kott has reached the author of several important legal works, Esther Rothstein award in recognition of Association for her work on amicus top of her profession: She is a veteran Kramer was named one of the 50 Most her leadership and efforts to empower briefs to the Illinois appellate and of numerous trials involving multimillion- Influential Women Lawyers in America women in the legal field and beyond. supreme courts. dollar claims, as well as highly sensitive by the National Law Journal for her personal disputes such as child custody “demonstrated power to change the legal and parental fitness. landscape, shape public affairs, launch industries, and do big things.”

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LORI LIGHTFOOT MARGARET MANETTI AMY MANNING TERRI L. MASCHERIN Partner; Co-Leader - Commercial Litigation; Associate Partner; Chair - Antitrust, Trade and Partner Co-Chair - Committee on Diversity & Inclusion Codilis & Associates Commercial Litigation Department Jenner & Block Mayer Brown McGuireWoods Lori Lightfoot is highly After several years Clients turn to Amy Before age 30, Terri regarded for her legal in the fast-paced, Manning for her 25 Mascherin had acumen, for serving trial-centric world of years of experience delivered a closing the city in various consumer finance handling criminal argument in a positions, and for her litigation, Margaret and civil antitrust capital murder trial, commitment to social Manetti was named and commercial successfully saving justice and dedication the first supervising litigation matters for her client from a to police reform. One of Chicago’s attorney for Cook County at Codilis & international and U.S. companies and death sentence. Before age 45, she had leading African-American attorneys and Associates in 2016. This role placed her individuals in federal and state courts saved a second client from death row, community advocates, Lightfoot has in charge of approximately a dozen and U.S. arbitration tribunals. She advises and successfully defended Illinois Gov. practiced law in three settings: the leading junior attorneys to train and oversee clients on antitrust issues and compliance George Ryan’s orders granting clemency global AmLaw 100 law firm Mayer Brown their work product while litigating in and distribution relationships, and to more than a dozen death row inmates (where she has practiced from 1990- the Circuit Court of Cook County. For frequently writes and speaks on antitrust, against a challenge by the Illinois attorney 1996 and from 2005-present), the City of the benefit of the attorneys, Manetti government investigations, compliance general. Before age 50, Mascherin had Chicago (where, among other roles, she conducted frequent in-house seminars and life sciences topics. Manning first- two nine-digit verdicts to her credit for was general counsel and chief of staff, for colleagues on discovery skills, chairs arbitrations, trials and appeals. She prominent corporate clients, and The Office of Emergency Management and bankruptcy, the practical application was part of a McGuireWoods team that National Law Journal had named her Communications; and chief administrator, of Illinois law in eviction court, and the helped win a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court one of the 50 Most Influential Women Office of Professional Standards of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau case, which held that the parties could Lawyers in America. Since then, she has Chicago Police Department), and the regulations. In addition to her leadership not be compelled to engage in class added another nine-digit verdict to her federal government (as assistant U.S. role, she regularly contributes to the arbitration where the arbitration clause count—this one a $101 million verdict in attorney in the criminal division of the firm’s trial and appellate practice groups was silent regarding class arbitration. favor of Ventas Inc., to which she later U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District and maintains a consistent presence in Recently, she represented executives in added another $125 million when Ventas of Illinois). She recently represented the trial court for oral argument. She has several criminal antitrust investigations; settled its claim for punitive damages. In Independent Maps in support of an obtained favorable results in depositions, represented a pharma company in more than 30 years with Jenner & Block, amendment to the Illinois Constitution to evidentiary hearings, summary an antitrust civil case; represented a Mascherin has tried 28 cases, capturing create an independent commission to judgments, arbitrations and appeals. food producer in a major class action; 19 trial victories and several favorable design state legislative districts to end Manetti is actively involved in the Illinois and counseled one of the largest settlements mid-trial. In addition, she political gerrymandering. This matter State Bar Association, and is the 2017 telecommunications companies in the served as president of the Chicago Bar went to the Illinois Supreme Court recipient of the ISBA’s Young Lawyer of United States on a variety of antitrust Association in 2010-2011. where, in a party-line vote, the court the Year Award for Cook County. She also matters. She is also a co-founder of found the amendment unconstitutional. recently joined the board of the Women’s the Chicago Women Antitrust Lawyers Lightfoot also received the Federal Bar Bar Association of Illinois. Network, the first professional networking Association’s 2017 Cummings Award for group for women antitrust lawyers in pro bono service. the area.

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MAURA ANN McBREEN KRISTIN BARNETTE McCARTHY BETH F. McCORMACK SHANNON M. McNULTY Partner Personal Injury Trial Attorney Partner - Family Law Partner Baker McKenzie Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz Beermann Pritikin Mirabelli Swerdlove Clifford Law Ofﬁces

Maura Ann McBreen The new president Beth F. McCormack Shannon McNulty is serves as co-chair of the Women’s practices exclusively a Chicago personal of Baker McKenzie’s Bar Association in family law matters. injury lawyer and North America of Illinois, Kristin She is a litigator and wrongful death compensation practice, Barnette McCarthy mediator who is often attorney who also has overseeing more is a personal injury appointed by judges as been the point person than 35 attorneys. trial attorney who a child representative, on all class action The practice is among the most highly has tried more than 100 jury trials to guardian ad litem and parent coordinator. and consumer fraud matters handled by regarded in the country, shortlisted for verdict. She has successfully argued With a 25-year career that focused Clifford Law Offices. She is involved in Chambers and Partners USA’s Award and achieved reversal before the 7th on fierce litigation in and out of the complex matters involving Pella Windows, for Excellence. McBreen has advised Circuit United States Court of Appeals, courtroom, McCormack continuously the Volkswagen diesel engine fraud, some of the largest employers in the as well as in the 1st District Appellate maintained her compassion and empathy concussion injuries to college students Chicago area and the United States as Court, and has obtained hundreds of for her clients and the challenging governed by NCAA rules, ovarian cancer they have undertaken transformative settlements for both individual and process of divorce. It is this compassion related to talcum powder usage, and global transactions, providing guidance corporate clients after stints in the Cook and empathy that led her to pursue other products that have injured or killed on a range of complex employment County State’s Attorney and Cook County becoming a collaborative law fellow with many unsuspecting consumers. McNulty issues that arise as part of the deals. Public Defender’s offices. McCarthy the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. maintains her personal injury practice Recently, McBreen led a global team of concentrates her practice on personal McCormack has worked alongside other as well, having settled in the last year Baker McKenzie practitioners in advising injury, wrongful death, premises liability, major figures in the collaborative law cases involving the fatal stabbing of a Yahoo! Inc. on the employment aspects transportation liability, nursing home community to promote adoption of the student at school ($2.9 million) and a of its reorganization and $4.8 billion abuse and neglect, and other types of Uniform Collaborative Law Act in Illinois, wrongfully prescribed dosage of insulin sale of its core business to Verizon. The catastrophic injuries. The Chicago Daily which has good prospects for enactment. that resulted in the brain injury of a matter spanned 15 jurisdictions globally, Law Bulletin recently named her one of Generally, the collaborative process 70-year-old man ($18 million). She also with McBreen overseeing the Baker 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch. provides for no public court filings (absent was involved in the trial of a small plane employment team as it collaborated She serves on the boards of the Women’s final documents with little substance), crash case at a Chicago suburban airport with the client’s in-house team to ensure Bar Foundation and Women Everywhere: meaning no offensive allegations that killed everyone aboard. That trial a smooth transaction. McBreen also Partners in Service project. McCarthy papering a couple’s public court file. resulted in a $12 million verdict. McNulty recently led the Baker McKenzie team also serves as a mentor in the Lawyer-to This privacy has been invaluable to also assists young mothers with pro advising Baxter International in the spinoff Lawyer mentoring program, volunteers McCormack’s clientele, including several bono representation in various court of its biopharmaceutical business from as a presiding judge for the YMCA’s prominent public figures. Her style proceedings relating to their parental its medical products business, creating annual national judicial competition, and has proved particularly beneficial and rights and their children’s rights. the new publicly traded company, Baxalta participates in the judicial evaluation effective for complex family law cases Inc., a transaction that involved the committee for the Bar Alliance. involving the division of high-net-worth transfer of 40,000 employees across estates and business interests. 70 countries.

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TRICIA MEYER JULIE MICELI KATHERINE MINARIK KERRYANN HAASE MINTON Founder, Managing Attorney Partner Partner Managing Partner - Chicago Ofﬁ ce Meyer Law Husch Blackwell Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Michael Best

Tricia Meyer is the Julie Miceli served as Katherine Minarik’s Since Kerryann Haase founder and managing the deputy general practice focuses on Minton became attorney of Meyer counsel for higher intellectual property Chicago offi ce Law, a woman-owned education and federal litigation and large managing partner boutique law fi rm student aid at the U.S. commercial contract in 2010, the number specializing in helping Dept. of Education, and disputes. She regularly of professionals entrepreneurs and worked as a political handles cases in Michael Best’s technology companies from startups to appointee with the administration during involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Chicago offi ce has grown by nearly 70 Fortune 500 companies in the United the fi rst fi ve years of Barack Obama’s Minarik’s clients include numerous percent. Minton also serves on the fi rm’s States and abroad. She founded the presidency, after a stint as assistant Fortune 500 companies, such as Gilead, management committee, and is a leader fi rm in Chicago in 2010 and expanded attorney general for the Ohio Attorney Bayer, United Technologies Corp., DuPont in its labor and employment practice to Denver in 2013. Meyer Law helps General’s Offi ce. In her capacity as and Walgreens. Recently, after years group. When Michael Best Chicago technology startups and emerging deputy general counsel, Miceli advised of representing Bayer in a contentious outgrew its space in 2016, Minton helped growth companies with corporate the secretary, deputy secretary, under pharmaceutical patent case against Pfi zer, design a new one with an eye toward matters, contracts, employment, secretary, assistant secretaries and Minarik’s team achieved a signifi cant promoting teamwork and equality, giving protection of intellectual property and agency offi cials on legal, regulatory and summary judgment victory in the all lawyers offi ces of the same size and fundraising matters, and helps mid-size policy matters concerning the Dept. Northern District of Illinois. The court held placing conference rooms and group and large corporations with commercial of Education’s polices, programs and that Bayer’s patent protecting one of its workspaces where corner offi ces would contracts and playbooks. She regularly initiatives. She provided leadership and leading animal health products was valid be. She was highlighted as a Woman mentors at accelerators and incubators, direction to three practice divisions as a matter of law, shutting down Pfi zer’s of Infl uence by the Chicago Business including 1871 in Chicago, Innovation within the Offi ce of the General Counsel, central defenses after having knocked Journal in 2015, and was named a Pavilion in the Denver Tech Center and including more than 50 attorneys and out Pfi zer’s initial invalidity defense Female Powerbroker by Law360 in 2014. Commons on Champa in Denver, and also support staff. Upon completing her time three years prior on an earlier summary Her commitment to client service was for several accelerator programs such as with the U.S. Dept. of Education, she judgment motion. The case settled last honored in the Lexology Client Choice WiSTEM, the female-focused accelerator joined the Offi ce of General Counsel fall. Last year, Minarik was elected to the Awards (2013 – 2014), where she was the at 1871, Propel Accelerator via TiE Rockies, at Northwestern University, advising American Law Institute (ALI), the leading exclusive winner in the Illinois labor and and CO.STARTERS at the Commons on the university on legal issues relating independent organization in the United employment category. Champa. Meyer has been named Rising to campus safety, including sexual States producing scholarly work to clarify, Star in Information Technology and misconduct and crime reporting, fi nancial modernize and improve the law. ALI Technology Transactions by Illinois Super aid, and fundraising issues including membership is limited to 3,000 lawyers Lawyers, and an Emerging Lawyer in major gifts and charitable contributions. worldwide, including U.S. Supreme Court both Computer and Technology Law and Miceli now combines these unique justices. She is also the immediate past Closely and Privately Held Business Law experiences in her representation of president of the Coalition of Women’s by Leading Lawyers. colleges and universities throughout Initiatives in Law. the Midwest.

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ANNE W. MITCHELL LINDA K. MYERS MARGO WOLF O’DONNELL CAMILLE A. OLSON Partner Partner Shareholder; Chair - Diversity Committee Partner Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy Kirkland & Ellis Vedder Price Seyfarth Shaw

Anne W. Mitchell is Linda Myers focuses Margo Wolf O’Donnell As part of a unique a dynamic litigator on debt financing is a shareholder in the collaboration between and leader in energy transactions for litigation and labor four competing law efficiency. She private equity groups, and employment firms and HP’s in- represents Nicor commercial lending groups at Vedder house legal team, Gas Co. in matters institutions and major Price. She is the past Camille A. Olson relating to regulatory private and public president and current recently served on approval and implementation of its companies. She has been responsible chair of the President’s Council of the the trial team for HP that secured a multi-year energy efficiency plans. for financings in connection with major Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law, jury verdict for their client in excess In 2016, she negotiated a settlement leveraged buyouts, public offerings, a legal association with attorneys from of $3 billion, the largest jury award in with key stakeholders and obtained working capital financings/refinancings more than 70 member law firms and 30 California history. Seyfarth’s HP trial regulatory approval of a nearly $100 and restructurings. Myers has long- corporations in Chicago. The coalition, team was later honored by FT Innovative million portfolio of programs to begin term relationships with Chicago-area which supports women’s success in Lawyers of North America with the this year. With the general assembly’s businesses including United Airlines, the legal profession, more than doubled Innovation in Collaboration award, a passage of The Future Energy Jobs Act Zebra Technologies, Nuveen Investments in size under O’Donnell’s leadership, category created to recognize innovation in December 2016, Mitchell provided and SIRVA. Her recent work includes as well as introduced memberships to that takes place when competition is counsel in addressing significant changes, representing Caesars Entertainment attorneys in-house at corporations and set aside for cooperation on behalf including obtaining regulatory approval Operating Co. on financing aspects of the expanded to New York . Based on her of the interests of clients. Olson also to extend existing energy efficiency company’s $18 billion restructuring, and successes with the coalition, last year was nominated by a group of sitting plans and incorporate public sector and advising Energy Future Holdings Corp. Vedder Price selected O’Donnell to chair federal district court judges to serve on income qualified programs. Mitchell and its subsidiaries Texas Competitive its diversity committee. In one year, she the National Fair Labor Standards Act represented The Southern Co., AGL Electric Holdings Co. (TCEH) and Energy founded Vedder Price’s women’s initiative, Discovery Protocols Committee, to work Resources Inc. and Nicor in obtaining Future Intermediate Holdings Co. on Women at Vedder or WAVES; founded with a small group of management and regulatory approval of a corporate financings related to its complex Chapter the first diverse attorneys’ affinity group plaintiffs’ attorneys drafting mandatory reorganization, which authorized Nicor 11 case. TCEH emerged from Chapter 11 in at the firm; developed a championship early discovery disclosures for FLSA to become a subsidiary of The Southern 2016, when it spun-off to senior creditors program for diverse attorneys; and cases. She has served as chairperson of Co. The Illinois Commerce Commission in a landmark tax-free transaction that created programming for the attorneys to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s equal approved the reorganization in June 2016. shed more than $33 billion in debt. The recognize and address implicit bias and employment opportunity subcommittee Mitchell advises clients on a variety of financing totaled more than $5 billion. work to promote and support women since 2013, was named one of the Top 10 leading-edge issues facing the natural Myers has been recognized as one attorneys. In 2014, Law Bulletin Publishing Employment Litigators in the Country by gas industry, including energy efficiency of Crain’s Chicago Business’ 20 Most Co. selected her for its inaugural 40 under Legal 500, and was the first portfolio standards. She is also a member Powerful Women in Chicago Business. 40 Hall of Fame edition. woman president of the University Club of the Women’s Bar Association of The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois of Chicago. Illinois and the Chicago Bar Association’s honored Myers in 2015 with a Women of Alliance for Women. Achievement award.

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NANCY OLSON ELIZABETH S. PERDUE KRISTEN PRINZ ELIZABETH RAYMOND Partner; Head - Chicago Offi ce Real Estate Partner Principal; Managing Partner Co-Leader-Global Corporate & Securities; Practice Holland & Knight The Prinz Law Firm Co-Leader-Financial Institutions M&A Skadden Mayer Brown Nancy Olson has For more than 30 Kristen E. Prinz is Elizabeth Raymond expertise in real years, Elizabeth Perdue an employment is among a handful estate investment has helped employees lawyer and business of women lawyers trust (REIT) formation, and owners of closely counselor. She worked who lead the most structuring and held companies take for a fi rm for two years sophisticated, high- related transactions, advantage of the before launching Prinz value M&A deals for real estate fi nancings, ESOP, or employee Law in 2009. She the world’s largest portfolio and single-asset acquisitions and stock ownership plan. From the fi rm’s started it out of her home offi ce, with fi nancial institutions. Last year, she dispositions, joint venture transactions, Chicago offi ce, Perdue co-leads Holland & the belief that her work should always advised Wells Fargo & Co. in its $32 private equity investment, real estate Knight’s ESOP team, one of the top ESOP be consistent with her values. The fi rm, billion acquisition of the commercial fund formation and investment, practices in the United States. Perdue and which values diversity, integrity and distribution fi nance and vendor fi nance leasing, distressed asset workouts her team have provided legal guidance to creativity, now has seven employees business of GE Capital Corp. With a deep and reorganizations and real property companies, trustees, selling shareholders and she continues to be the sole owner. understanding of fi nancial products, development. She represents both and lenders on hundreds of ESOP Recently, Prinz successfully litigated an Raymond’s unique skillset bridged lenders and borrowers in connection with transactions across the United States, appeal before the Illinois 2nd District the gap between the vernacular of her real estate fi nance practice. Olson has including 66 in 2016 with an aggregate Court, where she argued that a retaliatory fi nancial institution businesses and led many high-profi le and transformative value of more than $1 billion. Perdue discharge claim merited an award of M&A. With Raymond at the helm, Wells transactions, including both domestic and her team closed approximately 20 punitive damages. She successfully Fargo negotiated and announced this and foreign assets and complex cross- ESOP transactions during the fi rst half litigated a case against a major medical enormously complex transaction on border aspects. For instance, she led of 2017, including one valued at $325 device company on behalf of an an extremely tight timeline—just one the largest real estate transaction million. Perdue is recognized nationally executive who reported product safety month. Raymond has also been advising announced in 2014, representing the for her knowledge of ESOP transactions defects that put the infant and children traditional fi nancial institutions in acquiring Government of Singapore Investment and was a pioneer in the fi eld of ESOP population at risk. The jury awarded fi ntech startups, a hot market trend. Corp. (GIC) in its $8.1 billion acquisition of lending. She is a frequent speaker and nearly $10 million, but the court remitted She recently advised Ally Financial in its a portfolio of industrial properties from author on the topic, and she hosts an the award and the defendant appealed. acquisition of the assets of BlueYield Inc. Blackstone. The acquisition transaction annual conference at Holland & Knight The 2nd District Court issued its fi nal and BlueHarbor, providers of online auto was named PERE’s Global Deal of the that brings together lenders to discuss ruling in June 2017. The court reversed loan aggregation services, which will Year and North America Deal of the Year common issues they face in fi nancing the jury’s verdict as to the defamation enable Ally to build a direct-to-consumer for 2014. In addition to cross-border real ESOP transactions. The ESOP Association claim, but affi rmed as to the retaliatory digital lending platform. Raymond also estate transactions, Olson is a leader in and the National Center for Employee discharge claim and remanded for a new leverages her extensive knowledge the senior living sector. She also is one Ownership often call on her to speak at trial as to damages only. of fi nancial products to help fi nancial of Skadden’s preeminent real estate their conferences. institutions raise capital. Over the last 18 partners for M&A deals and has been months, she handled more than $8 billion the lead real estate advisor for numerous in structured fi nance deals. billion-dollar transactions.

Congratulations to Kathryn Kovitz Arnold, Chair of Taft’s Real Estate and Condominium Practice Groups and one of the Most In uential Women Lawyers in Chicago.

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ZORA RISTANOVIC MARTHA A. SABOL DALIAH SAPER STEPHANIE SCHARF Partner Co-Chair - Global Gaming Practice; Co- Principal Attorney Managing Partner Berger Schatz Chair - Global Women’s Initiative Saper Law Offi ces Scharf Banks Marmor Greenberg Traurig Zora Ristanovic’s Martha A. Sabol Daliah Saper operates In 2012, Stephanie strengths as a focuses her practice a cutting-edge internet Scharf founded family law attorney on gaming regulatory and social media law what has become lie in her ability to and business law, practice that regularly Chicagoland’s largest analyze complex representing national leads local and national women-owned law fi nancial matters and international media outlets to solicit fi rm, Scharf Banks and equally complex casino owners, her commentary on Marmor, certifi ed both and emotionally fraught custody issues. operators and suppliers in the areas emerging internet law issues involving as a Women Business Enterprise and Beyond her representation of high-net- of regulatory compliance, acquisition, cyberbullying, sexting, catfi shing, revenge by the National Association of Women worth individuals, Ristanovic is dedicated licensure, internal investigation matters porn, anonymous online defamation, user- and Minority-Owned Law Firms. Scharf to public service. She recently handled and corporate counseling. Prior name squatting, privacy and the latest represents corporate clients on complex a pro bono case with Freedom Now, to joining the fi rm, Sabol was vice business decisions made by social media matters including commercial disputes, interviewing witnesses with the U.S. State president, general counsel, secretary platforms such as Facebook, Twitter insurance coverage for corporate Dept. in Tashkent regarding the arbitrary and chief compliance offi cer of Hyatt and YouTube. Since founding Saper Law policyholders, class actions, product detention and torture of an Uzbekistani Gaming Management Inc., which owns, Offi ces in 2005, she has been named a liability defense, environmental torts and citizen on whose behalf Ristanovic drafted manages, and consults with casinos in 40 Under 40 by Law Bulletin Publishing employment defense. By combining her a complaint before the United Nations the United States and abroad. Recently, Co., a Rising Star by Super Lawyers nine skills as a practicing lawyer and a Ph.D. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Sabol coordinated a team of Greenberg years in a row, and has been repeatedly in behavioral sciences, she is known for The UN group found the citizen’s rights Traurig lawyers to organize a preferred recognized as a leading media and developing original research and best were violated. Last year, Ristanovic legal service provider program for a entertainment lawyer by Chambers and practices to advance women in the law. lobbied for Congressional support of large gaming company, combining the Partners. In addition, Saper writes the Her original study, First Chairs at Trial: legislation to provide funding for aid skills of more than 20 lawyers across “Ask Daliah” column for the American Bar More Women Need Seats at the Table, for international development projects the fi rm in all practice areas. The Association Journal, answering reader has recently been the focus of multiple which would benefi t women in maternal program is a cutting-edge approach to questions about building a 21st-century legal gatherings, including a large regional health and reproductive rights programs. providing legal services to large, complex law fi rm. For the past seven years, she conference hosted by the chief judge of With Human Rights Watch Chicago, she international companies. In 2016, she also has taught entertainment and social the United States District Court for the lobbied Illinois legislators for proposed served as president of the International media law at Loyola University Chicago Northern District of Illinois, in the Chicago legislation to abolish the sentencing Association of Gaming Advisors, the School of Law. federal courthouse. This year, Scharf of juvenile offenders to mandatory life largest association of leading U.S. and initiated a new set of research projects, without the possibility of parole. She international gaming executives, attorneys part of an American Bar Association is also a certifi ed rape counselor and and fi nancial advisors. The Best Lawyers presidential initiative, Achieving Long- has volunteered as a medial advocate in America named Sabol Chicago’s Term Careers for Women in the Law, with Rape Victim Advocates, providing Lawyer of the Year in Gaming Law designed to stop the exodus from the counseling to survivors of sexual assault in 2015. legal profession of women lawyers. a02-Bellows-Law-Print-Ad-5x7-PG.pdf 1 7/10/17 11:09 AM at Chicago emergency rooms.

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SALLY J. SCOTT KIMBERLY T. SMITH LESLIE M. SMITH CINDY SOBEL Labor and Employment Partner Partner; Co-Chair - Nationwide Private Partner Partner Franczek Radelet Equity Practice Kirkland & Ellis Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Katten Muchin Rosenman Sally J. Scott Kimberly T. Smith is a As a prominent Cindy Sobel focuses concentrates leader in the evolution leader of Kirkland’s on complex financial exclusively on of healthcare services litigation practice, litigation—both representing M&A. As investor Leslie Smith stands for plaintiffs and management in both interest in the space out for her long-lasting defendants. Before the private and public increases, acquirers client relationships practicing law, she was sectors in all aspects find themselves in and significant an accountant and tax of labor and employment law. In recent an uncertain regulatory environment trial wins. Over her 30-year career consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers months, she represented Township High and a shift from fee-for-service models at Kirkland, Smith has established in Chicago, where she worked in the School District 211 as it faced national to outcome-based structures. As her herself as a “go-to” attorney for some international tax and transfer pricing scrutiny and litigation over transgender clients navigate these challenges, Smith of the firm’s most significant clients. groups. She uses her accounting student access to bathrooms and locker implements creative deal structures to As a member of Kirkland’s 15-member background to simplify complex financial rooms. In addition, Scott recently helped provide additional deal flow and prepare global management committee, she is issues in cases where she represents Navy Pier Inc. navigate a strike from a for the future landscape of healthcare a key decision-maker in a firm of 1,900 accounting firms, hedge funds, insurance Teamsters local union against a service services. For instance, she works with attorneys worldwide. She concentrates companies and private equity firms. For provider that threatened to stop food, Bolingbrook’s ATI Physical Therapy, the her practice on class action, consumer instance, Sobel has been representing wine and beer deliveries to the most leading provider of research-based fraud, commercial and antitrust litigation. a mutual insurance company suing highly visited destination in the Midwest. rehabilitation services, to handle complex For instance, Smith recently served as a an investment bank based on its She obtained relief from the National deals that bring ATI’s services directly key member of a team defending clients investments in residential mortgage- Labor Relations Board and stopped the to health systems. After establishing Baxter Healthcare Corp., Scientific Protein backed securities. She has also been union from directing its dispute at Navy the joint ventures, Smith represents Labs, and American Capital Ltd. in more representing multiple hedge funds who Pier and the restaurants and vendors them in acquiring other physical than 1,000 product liability cases alleging sued a Chicago-based pharmaceutical on the property. In another matter, Scott therapy businesses, such as last year’s personal and economic injury resulting company related to a failed merger ensured CPS schools were open and acquisitions by a joint venture between from the receipt of contaminated Heparin agreement. Sobel has demonstrated staffed on May 1. The Chicago Teachers ATI and a healthcare provider in South products. The multidistrict litigation court a strong commitment to community Union had threatened to engage in a one- Carolina. She has represented ATI in granted summary judgment on several service as well. In 2006, she set up a day walkout on May 1, leaving schools more than 30 acquisitions, including a categories of causation claims, resulting in domestic violence clinic in collaboration without staff and students without a day 33-clinic practice last year. In addition, the dismissal of hundreds of cases. Based with the City of Chicago. Through that of education. She aggressively pursued Smith advises clients from a wide range on the generic summary judgment ruling clinic, lawyers were trained to represent the issue with the Illinois Educational of industries, including distribution and the results in two jury trials, most victims of domestic violence in obtaining Labor Relations Board, which found the and manufacturing, business services, of the remaining cases were favorably emergency and plenary orders of threatened walkout was likely illegal. consumer, technology and financial resolved as well. protection. The domestic violence clinic services. Last year, she was named a still exists and has been used as a model Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust by other large law firms in Chicago. Trailblazer by The National Law Journal.

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CATHERINE L. STEEGE MORGAN L. STOGSDILL CAMILLA B. TAYLOR RHONDA THOMAS Partner Partner Senior Counsel Partner Jenner & Block Beermann Pritikin Mirabelli Swerdlove Lambda Legal Thompson Coburn

Catherine L. Steege’s Morgan L. Stogsdill, In 2009, when Camilla Throughout her long string of litigation who focuses her Taylor was recognized career as a public successes have had practice primarily on as one of the Crain’s fi nance attorney, far-reaching impacts matrimonial law and Chicago Business 40 Rhonda Thomas on bankruptcy law. family law, this year Under 40, she had has built a national Her results include: became the youngest just won a unanimous reputation for leading protecting benefi ts of equity partner in decision in Varnum complex, large-scale 40,000 retired employees of American Beermann’s history and only its second v. Brien, striking down Iowa’s ban on projects for public- and private-sector Airlines; achieving a nine-fi gure trial female equity partner, having worked same-sex marriage -- the first state in the clients. These projects frequently include judgment in a dispute involving a failed her way up from associate. Her book Midwest and only the third state in the innovative, fi rst-of-their-kind fi nancing Illinois casino; and successfully arguing of business includes some of Chicago’s country to do so. Since then, she served elements that contribute signifi cantly to before the U.S. Supreme Court, in most prominent CEOs and public fi gures. as national marriage project director of project funding and ensure clients have Wellness International Network v. Sharif, In 2016, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Lambda Legal, during which she litigated a solid fi nancial footing for decades to to resolve a constitutional question selected her as one of 40 Under 40 the freedom to marry in Illinois, Indiana, come. Recently, Thomas led work on over the authority of the nation’s nearly attorneys to watch in Illinois. Stogsdill Louisiana, New Jersey, West Virginia the following transactions: as disclosure 1,000 federal bankruptcy judges and also has been named a Rising Star in and North Dakota until 2015, when the counsel for the City of Chicago’s $1.9 federal magistrate judges. Steege, who Family Law by Super Lawyers, and an U.S. Supreme Court finally secured billion O’Hare Airport refunding bonds, co-chairs the fi rm’s restructuring and Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers. marriage equality for the rest of the nation which constituted the largest bond issue bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation Stogsdill serves as a board member in Obergefell v. Hodges, in which Taylor in the city’s history; as disclosure counsel practices, recently co-led representation of the Lawyers Lend-a-Hand to Youth was also counsel. When Taylor said we on the general airport revenue bonds, of Frederick Grede, Sentinel Management organization that supports at-risk children, would see marriage equality which will fund the proposed O’Hare Group’s liquidation trustee, in an ongoing and in 2015 co-chaired the group’s My in our lifetime, she wasn’t just hopeful, International Terminal expansion project $1 billion-plus investment advisor fraud Hero awards. Stogsdill has litigated over she was onto something. Taylor has and restructure the airport’s debt; as case. Steege and the Jenner & Block 45 trials and has settled hundreds of recently dedicated herself to protecting underwriters counsel and disclosure team prevailed three times in the cases. In fact, she had the third most jury Obergefell from attack and making sure counsel for Chicago Public Schools in 7th Circuit, which adopted the fi rm’s verdicts or jury trials of any attorney in that courts and institutions implement the more than $2 billion in general obligation arguments concerning a $300-plus Cook County in 2006-07, per the Jury landmark ruling fairly. She was also a key bonds issued by Chicago Public Schools; million fraudulent transfer claim against Verdict Reporter. architect of Lambda Legal’s organizational and assisted with complex procurement the lender. The case involved precedent- response to the new administration, issues related to CTA’s purchase of $1.3 setting avoidance actions involving outlining the federal protections for LGBT billion of railcars to be delivered in 2019- complex “safe harbor” and customer people and policies most vulnerable to 20. Thomas has been recognized as a property issues. To date, more than attack, and the strategy necessary to Corporate Woman of Achievement by the $500 million has been recovered for protect them. National Association of Women Business Sentinel’s creditors. Owners, among other honors.

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OLIVIA TYRRELL SHERI E. WARSH ANNA WERMUTH LAUREN J. WOLVEN Partner - Corporate and Securities Practice Partner -Trusts and Estates Vice Chair - Labor & Employment Dept.; Partner - Trusts and Estates Baker McKenzie Levenfeld Pearlstein Co-Chair - Higher Education Industry Group Levenfeld Pearlstein Cozen O’Connor Olivia Tyrrell is a top Sheri E. Warsh Anna Wermuth A signifi cant number M&A dealmaker in the concentrates her represents employers of leaders at Chicago’s healthcare industry, practice in estate, in employment-related best-known companies having advised gift and income-tax class and individual are clients of Lauren some of the world’s planning and business discrimination claims, Wolven. She manages largest companies succession planning. wage and hour the tax and legal on billion-dollar She works with high- actions, National Labor issues surrounding mergers and acquisitions, many of which net-worth clients on wealth preservation Relations Board proceedings, and non- her clients’ personal wealth, that of their have reshaped the global healthcare and planning. Among her recent high- compete cases. She has become a “go families, and in many instances, their landscape. At the height of the healthcare profi le matters has been the estate to” legal resource for the higher education closely held businesses. She concentrates M&A boom two years ago, Tyrrell advised planning for stakeholders of a privately industry. Serving such prestigious Chicago on estate planning, wealth protection, on $28 billion worth of transactions in a held healthcare technology company that institutions as the University of Chicago, estate and trust administration, tax and 16-month period, often leading teams of sold to a Fortune Global 500 company for Northwestern University, DePaul University succession planning for privately held hundreds of Baker practitioners around more than $1 billion. She recently worked and Roosevelt University, Wermuth co- businesses, and trust and estate litigation. the world. In the last year, Tyrrell has with a client with $20 million worth of leads the fi rm’s nationally recognized She also represents individuals and served as lead adviser to Walgreens classic cars to develop a strategy for the higher education industry group. In the fi nancial institutions in estate and trust Boots Alliance on its joint venture with future sale, storage and maintenance wake of a widely publicized case in which administration and controversy matters. Prime Therapeutics, a fi rst-of-its-kind of the vehicles. She also was engaged she, as co-lead trial attorney, secured a In addition, Wolven works extensively partnership that includes a new retail by a prominent matrimonial attorney to unanimous NLRB decision dismissing a with foundations and other charitable pharmacy network agreement and the work on the complex estate issues in unionization petition brought by football organizations on administration, tax and combination of the companies’ central the divorce of an exceptionally wealthy players at Northwestern University, this planning issues. Recently, this has included specialty pharmacy and mail service Chicago couple. Last year, Warsh led an past year has seen Wermuth serving advising a Chicago-based family-owned businesses. In addition, she recently led a RFP process that culminated in the fi rm as chief negotiator for several schools in auto parts manufacturer on a challenging, Baker team advising Johnson Controls on landing its largest estate planning client—a their collective bargaining negotiations. $100 million-plus sale to a private equity all international aspects of the $4.4 billion sixth-generation family with active She also represents universities in union fi rm. She also represented a major spinoff of its global automotive business. ownership in a closely held business, and organizing campaigns and strategic philanthropic organization in its conversion Currently, she is working on three signifi cant interest in a publicly traded planning efforts to address, for example, of a charitable trust to an endowment. antitrust-mandated divestitures as part of business. The family’s assets exceed the recent nationwide push by the Service Wolven is a leader in the drafting of the Abbott-Alere merger. Tyrrell has been $700 million. Levenfeld Pearlstein, a Employees International Union and other estate plans for the modern family, named a 40 Under 40 by both midsize fi rm with 70 attorneys, competed unions to organize adjunct faculty. She is including issues related to inheritances the National Law Journal and Crain’s with more than 20 law fi rms, including also currently the relationship partner for for posthumously conceived children and Chicago Business. several of the nation’s largest, for three national clients, Allstate Insurance other estate planning issues raised by the the engagement. Co., Caesars Entertainment Corp. and development of reproductive technologies. JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she She is also a key industry voice on oversees aa01-Valorem-Law-5x7.pdf full team of outside counsel. 1 7/6/17 3:12fi duciary PM risk management. 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